Time to cut back the ornamental grasses

I don’t give a flying fig what Punxsutawney Phil said, Spring officially began this past Saturday, February 25th.

According to MY calendar, Spring commences when I cut down the first ornamental grass. This normally occurs around the second to third week of March, but to celebrate this mild Winter (and to take advantage of a window of free time between dance class and a basketball game) I headed outdoors, battery powered hedge clippers in hand and went to town on the OG’s.

As sad as the garden looks after they are cut back, there is something so totally cathartic about these annual chores…clearing out the old to make room for the new…so great! My ‘Karl Foerster’ looked so good all winter until we had some heavy, wet snow last month, after which it never recovered